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You can find similar stories in other publications, and in other countries: http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2016/12/22/teachers-who-sexually-abuse-students-

You can find similar stories in other publications, and in other countries: http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2016/12/22/teachers-who-sexually-abuse-students-still-find-classroom-jobs/95346790/ http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2016/12/22/teachers-who-s... http://www.sgvtribune.com/general-news/20120328/union-threatens-to-sue-mother-accusing-west-covina-teacher-of-physical-assault-on-son http://www.sgvtribune.com/general-news/20120328/union-threat... https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/oct/02/unite-union-female-officers-bullying-harassment-internal-report https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/oct/02/unite-union... You are simply wrong - the union is obligated to do their best to protect the jobs/rights of their members. That includes union members accused of sexual harassment.

andy_ppp 10y ago
The Guardian article is an interesting one and is about a union performing studies internally that leaked. It shows that Unions can be horribly sexist or racist, just like society at large can also be. I think the point remains that having a union to talk to is useful for many reasons and they absolutely should help resolve sexual harassment cases; the fact that they haven't in these examples does not prove that unions can't be a good thing. Maybe women only Unions should be a thing; they have more of a right than anyone to ask for better pay and conditions being paid a lot less than their male colleagues.